Flood 2009: Traffic From Canada Being Detoured by Flooding

(GHY International)

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says traffic from Canada on Highway 75 will be rerouted around the city of Morris, Manitoba, due to flooded roads.

A statement from the agency says the Pembina port of entry will remain open and will continue to process traffic, as will the crossing at Emerson, Manitoba.

Click here for current flood information (Province of Manitoba).

Update: Highway 75 will be closed from Winnipeg to Highway 14 south of Morris, starting at noon Tuesday. Commercial vehicles, such as semis, will have to take Highway 3 from Winnipeg and then head back toward Highway 14 to Highway 75. Highway 75 will remain open from Highway 14 to the Canada-U.S. border.

• Map of alternate traffic routes to Pembina with directions (PDF)
• Map of alternate traffic routes from Winnipeg to Pembina (PDF)

Alternate routes are subject to change.

Update2: Story from CBC News.

Update3: As reported here, Bob Dolyniuk, general manager of the Manitoba Trucking Association, estimates that the highway closure will cost the industry about $250,000 every day due to the roughly 100 kilometre detour.

“It's going to have to be passed on to the shippers and the public, there’s no question about it,” he said. “Costs are about $2 per kilometre, so that's $400 (extra) round trip from Winnipeg to the border, and that's way too much for any trucking company.”

More about the potential costs to Manitoba truckers here.